Inspection Detail

Inspection: 302632328 - General Chemical Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Osha Philadelphia Area Office

Inspection Nr: 302632328

Report ID: 0317000

Date Opened: 08/04/2000

Site Address:
General Chemical Corporation
Delware Valley Works
Claymont, DE 19703

Mailing Address:
6300 Philadelphia Pike, Claymont, DE 19703

Union Status: Union

SIC:2869

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/10/2001

Emphasis: L:Conspace, N:Psmpqv

Case Closed: 12/31/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102020724

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	25	8		2		35
Current Violations	29	3		2		34
Initial Penalty	$104,000	$365,000	$0	$1,000	$0	$470,000
Current Penalty	$104,500	$190,000	$0	$500	$0	$295,000
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Willful	19100119 E05	01/30/2001	02/22/2001	$70,000	$70,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Willful	19100119 J05	01/30/2001	02/02/2001	$70,000	$70,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
3.	01003	Willful	19100146 J02	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$70,000	$70,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
4.	01004A	Willful	19100147 C01	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$70,000	$70,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
5.	01004B	Willful	19100147 C04 II	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
6.	01004C	Willful	19100147 C07 I	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
7.	01004D	Willful	19100147 D01	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
8.	01004E	Willful	19100147 D02	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
9.	01004F	Willful	19100147 D03	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
10.	01004G	Willful	19100147 D04 I	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
11.	01004H	Willful	19100147 D05 I	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
12.	01004I	Willful	19100147 D06	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
13.	01005	Serious	19100151 C	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$7,000	$55,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
14.	01006	Serious	19040002 A	01/30/2001	12/23/2001	$10,000	$10,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
15.	01007	Serious	19040002 A	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$10,000	$10,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
16.	01008	Serious	19040002 A	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$10,000	$10,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
17.	01009A	Willful	19100119 E05	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$50,000	$0	$0		Q - National Office Adjustment
18.	01009B	Willful	19100119 J05	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$0	$0	$0		-
19.	02001A	Serious	19100119 C01	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
20.	02001B	Serious	19100119 C02	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
21.	02001C	Serious	19100119 C03	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
22.	02002A	Serious	19100119 E03 I	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
23.	02002B	Serious	19100119 E03 III	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
24.	02002C	Serious	19100119 E03 IV	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
25.	02002D	Serious	19100119 E03 V	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
26.	02002E	Serious	19100119 E03 VI	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
27.	02002F	Serious	19100119 E03 VII	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
28.	02003A	Serious	19100119 F01 ID	01/30/2001	03/04/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
29.	02003B	Serious	19100119 F01 IG	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
30.	02003C	Serious	19100119 F01 IIA	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
31.	02004A	Serious	19100119 F01 IIIB	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
32.	02004B	Serious	19100120 Q10	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
33.	02004C	Serious	19100119 F01 IIIC	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$0	$0	$0		F - Formal Settlement
34.	02005A	Serious	19100119 G01	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
35.	02005B	Serious	19100119 G02	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
36.	02006A	Serious	19100119 H02 I	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
37.	02006B	Serious	19100119 H02 II	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
38.	02006C	Serious	19100119 H02 III	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
39.	02006D	Serious	19100119 H02 IV	01/30/2001	12/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
40.	02006E	Serious	19100119 H02 V	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
41.	02007A	Serious	19100119 J02	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
42.	02007B	Serious	19100119 J04 IV	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
43.	02007C	Serious	19100119 J04 I	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$0	$0	$0		-
44.	02007D	Serious	19100119 J04 III	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$0	$0	$0		-
45.	02007E	Serious	19100119 J05	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$0	$0	$0		-
46.	02008	Serious	19100119 M06	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
47.	02009A	Serious	19100119 O01	01/30/2001	10/31/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
48.	02009B	Serious	19100119 O04	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
49.	02009C	Serious	19100119 O05	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
50.	02010A	Serious	19100120 Q01	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
51.	02010B	Serious	19100120 Q06 VD	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
52.	02011	Serious	19100120 Q02 III	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
53.	02012A	Serious	19100120 Q03 III	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
54.	02012B	Serious	19100120 Q03 IV	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
55.	02012C	Serious	19100120 Q03 V	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
56.	02012D	Serious	19100120 Q03 IX	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
57.	02013	Serious	19100147 C06 I	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$2,000	$2,500	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
58.	02014	Serious	19100147 E02 II	01/30/2001	02/23/2001	$3,000	$3,500	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
59.	02015A	Serious	19100147 F01	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
60.	02015B	Serious	19100147 F02 I	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
61.	02016A	Serious	19100132 A	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
62.	02016B	Serious	19100133 A01	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
63.	02016C	Serious	19100138 A	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
64.	02017A	Serious	19100132 D01	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
65.	02017B	Serious	19100132 F01 II	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
66.	02018A	Serious	19100146 C08 II	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$3,000	$5,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
67.	02018B	Serious	19100146 H01	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
68.	02018C	Serious	19100146 I01	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
69.	02019	Serious	19100146 D04 IV	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$1,500	$2,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
70.	02020A	Serious	19100146 D05 I	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$2,000	$2,500	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
71.	02020B	Serious	19100146 D09	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
72.	02021A	Serious	19100146 F04	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$2,000	$2,500	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
73.	02021B	Serious	19100146 F05	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
74.	02021C	Serious	19100146 F06	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
75.	02021D	Serious	19100146 F07	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
76.	02021E	Serious	19100146 F11	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
77.	02021F	Serious	19100146 F12	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
78.	02022A	Serious	19100146 G02 I	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$2,000	$2,500	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
79.	02022B	Serious	19100146 G04	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
80.	02023	Serious	19100146 J02	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$2,000	$2,500	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
81.	02024	Serious	19100146 K03 II	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$2,000	$2,500	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
82.	02025	Serious	19101200 H03 II	01/30/2001	03/31/2001	$3,000	$3,500	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
83.	03001	Other	19100119 L01	01/30/2001	12/31/2002	$500	$1,000	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement
84.	03002	Other	19100147 C07 IV	01/30/2001	05/31/2001	$0	$0	$0	02/16/2001	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202003935

Event: 08/04/2000

Six employees injured after inhaling hydrofluoric acid

On August 4, 2000, Employees #1 through #6 were hospitalized after inhaling hydrofluoric acid fumes. All six employees suffered from asphyxia. All six employees worked for General Chemical Corporation, of Claymont, Delaware.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, PPE, PROCESS SAFETY, UNTRAINED, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, HYDROFLUORIC ACID, LOCKOUT, INHALATION, CONFINED SPACE, CHEMICAL VAPOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302632328	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	302632328	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
3	302632328	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
4	302632328	Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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